| 100% | LOIS | 4 | With 52-Across, Daily Planet staffer |
| 57% | KEY | 3 | With 52 Across, a Florida attraction |
| 56% | SOMETHINGOLD | 12 | With 52 Across, start of a bridalwear rhyme |
| 55% | REFERENCE | 9 | With 52 Across, helpful person where books are borrowed |
| 54% | STANLAUREL | 10 | Comedian first appearing with 52 Across in 1921 |
| 49% | BASS | 4 | With 6 Across, music staff symbol |
| 49% | ATE | 3 | With 52-Across, eroded |
| 47% | HEARYE | 6 | With 52-Across, Aaron Copland ballet |
| 47% | GAL | 3 | With 52-Across, "Wonder Woman" actress |
| 47% | OPEN | 4 | With 52-Across, type of barbecue |
| 46% | ASMALL | 6 | With 52-Across, answer to the riddle |
| 46% | DIG | 3 | With 52-Across, what treasure hunters do |
| 46% | SMASH | 5 | With 52-Across, what angels pray for |
| 46% | BLUE | 4 | With 52-Across, Thomas Gainsborough portrait, with "The" |
| 46% | ONANEMPTY | 9 | With 52-Across, how to take some medications |
| 46% | BORDERLINE | 10 | With 52-Across, something in a gray area |
| 46% | LUANDA | 6 | With 52-Across, where the Assembleia Nacional sits |
| 46% | ELENA | 5 | With 52-Across, creator of Raffaella “Lila” Cerullo |
| 45% | ONE | 3 | With 52- and 39-Across, gradually |
| 45% | PER | 3 | With 13-Across, daily |
| 45% | TONY | 4 | With 52-Across, pro skateboarder with a bird name |
| 45% | KEVIN | 5 | With 52-Across, former "Saturday Night Live" cast member |
| 44% | PAININTHENECK | 13 | Result of an encounter with 52-Across? |
| 44% | MATA | 4 | With 52-Across, dancer and spy played by Greta Garbo |
| 44% | ANG | 3 | With 52-Across, Oscar-winning film director born in October |
| 43% | ANNA | 4 | With 52-Across, fashion designer with Lucky Wish and Fantasia fragrances |
| 43% | EDIE | 4 | With 52-Across, lead female role in TV's "Peter Gunn" |
| 43% | STONE | 5 | With 52-Across, commander at the First Battle of Bull Run |
| 42% | CAMPAIGNRIVALRY | 15 | 52-Across had one with John McCain |
| 42% | BAR | 3 | 52-Across once passed it, with "the" |